Receiver for folded paper bags.



No. 663,726. Patented Dec. n, 1900. .1. CARLEN.

RECEIVEBFOR FOLDED PAPER BAGS.

(Application filed Apr. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNlTED STATES ATET rricn.

JOHN OARLEN, OF HAVANA, NORTH DAKOTA.

RECEI VER FOR FOLDED PAPER BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 663,726, datedDecember 11, 1900. Application filed April 9, 1900. Serial No. 12,082.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN CARLEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Ha vana, in the county of Sargent and State of North Dakota,have invented a new and Improved Receiver for Folded Paper Bags, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One purpose of the invention is to provide a device capable of receivingfolded paper.

bags of any size and to so sustain the bags in the device that they willbe kept smoothly lying one upon the other and held in such manner thatone bag only can be Withdrawn at one time, and whereby the bottom foldedportions of the bags will serve as a medium through which said bags maybe grasped, thus facilitating their withdrawal.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a device of the characterabove set forth which will be exceedingly simple, durable, and economicand in which the lowermost bag will be held in as proper a position asthe upper or any of the intermediate bags, and also to so construct theinvention that roller-Weights provided for holding the bags in positionwill automatically accommodate themselves to the thickness of thepackage of bags or to the thickness of a single bag contained in thedevice.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section through the device; and Fig. 3 is atransverse section through the device, taken substantially on theline 33 of Fig. 2.

The body A of the device is in the nature of a receptacle comprising abottom 10 and sides 11, attached to the bottom in any suitable orapproved manner, and the uppersurface of the bottom atits forward end isgiven a drop or downward and outward inclination 12. (Shown bestin Fig.2.) Shields or guards 13, made of metalor of any suitable material, areattached to the front ends of the sides 11 and extend laterally indirection of each other some distance beyond the inner faces of thesides pieces 11 of the body A, as shown in Fig. 1. These shields orguards 13 extend vertically from a point at or near the top of the sidepieces 11 to the bottom portion of the body A, and the upper inner edgesof these shields or guards 13 are usually more or less rounded.

A series of vertical slots or grooves 14 is made in the inner face ofeach side piece 11 at the rear of the body, and these grooves areadapted to accommodate or receive a back plate or board 15, and the rearportion of the body A is strengthened by a connecting-rod 16 or theequivalent of the same.

At the forward portion of the body A of the receptacle correspondinggrooves 17 are made in the inner face of' the sides 11, and usuallybetween the center of the said side pieces and the forward ends of thesame similar grooves 18 are produced. The forward grooves 17 are adaptedto receive the spindles 19 of rollers 20, and these rollers are usuallymade quite heavy, while the vertical grooves 18 receive the spindles 21of a roller 22.

The paper bags B are folded in the ordinary manner and the mouthportions of the bags are placed at the rear end of the receptacle, whilethe folded bottom portions of the bags are brought to the forwardportion of the receptacle, as shown best in Fig. 2. The forward roller20 has bearing upon the stack of bags at the forward inclined portion ofthe bottom of the receptacle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and by reasonof the inclination 12 at the bottom of the receptacle therearwardlyextending fold 23 of the uppermost bag is held in an upperinclined position or away from the body portion of the bag, as isclearly shown also in Fig. 2, which enables the operator to quicklygrasp the section 23 of the uppermost bag and draw the said bag frombeneath the forward roller 20 and then from beneath the inner roller 22,whereupon the two rollers gravitate to a bearing against the next bag,which will then be the uppermost one and the next to be withdrawn. Undersuch conditions it will be observed that the bags are held evenly in thereceptacle and that only one bag can be withdrawn at one time, and thewithdrawal of the uppermost bag may be conveniently and expeditiouslylhe series of slots-or grooves accomplished.- 14 at the rear of thereceptacle A enables the operator to place the slide 15 in such positionthat it will be adjacent to the mouth portions of bags ofdifferentlengths.

It will be understood that any desired number of the devices describedmay be grouped together, forming a cabinet in which bags of bottom ofthe receptacle being inclined at the.

upper front face, and rollers mounted to slide vertically in the sidewalls of said receptacle and adapted to rest'upon the uppermost bagv ofa pile one near its center and rheother over said inclined portion,substantially as specified.

2. A receiver for paper bags, comprisinga receptacle for bags, thebottom of the receptacle having a drop at its upper front face, apressing device movable vertically in the receptacle over said drop, anda pressing device movable vertically in the receptacle rear- Ward ofsaid drop portion, substantially as specified.

3. A receiver for, folded paper bags, comprising a receptacle, thebottom of which is inclined at-its upper faceat the front; an ad- 3'ustable back board located at the rear of the receptacle, a gravityroller having guided movement in the sides of the receptacle and located'above the inclined portion of its bottom, and a second and inner rollerof like character, also having sliding movement in the sides of thereceptacle, both of which rollers are adapted for engagement with theupperthe. upper surface of the bottom of the receptacle at its forwardend being downwardly inclinedor beveled; of rollers provided withspindlesv looselyrmountedin the grooves produced inthe inner faces of'the side pieces,

which rollers are located one over theinclined or beveled portion of thebottom and the other at a point near the central portion of thereceptacle, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tonthis specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN CARLEN;

Witnesses:

S. E. ELLINGSON, E. J. SERACH.

